Progress on the application of ELM control schemes to ITER scenarios from the non-active phase to DT operation

A Loarte, G Huijsmans, S Futatani, LR Baylor… - Nuclear …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Progress in the definition of the requirements for edge localized mode (ELM) control and the
application of ELM control methods both for high fusion performance DT operation and non …

A first-principles predictive model of the pedestal height and width: development, testing and ITER optimization with the EPED model

PB Snyder, RJ Groebner, JW Hughes… - Nuclear …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
We develop and test a model, EPED1. 6, for the H-mode pedestal height and width based
upon two fundamental and calculable constraints:(1) onset of non-local peeling–ballooning …

Elements of H-mode pedestal structure

RJ Groebner, S Saarelma - Plasma Physics and Controlled …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This paper reviews current understanding of key physics elements that control the H-mode
pedestal structure, which exists at the boundary of magnetically confined plasmas. The …

Enhanced H-mode pedestals with lithium injection in DIII-D

TH Osborne, GL Jackson, Z Yan, R Maingi… - Nuclear …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Periods of edge localized mode (ELM)-free H-mode with increased pedestal pressure and
width were observed in the DIII-D tokamak when density fluctuations localized to the region …

Advances in the physics basis for the European DEMO design

R Wenninger, F Arbeiter, J Aubert, L Aho-Mantila… - Nuclear …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
In the European fusion roadmap, ITER is followed by a demonstration fusion power reactor
(DEMO), for which a conceptual design is under development. This paper reports the first …

Overview of the JET results in support to ITER

X Litaudon, S Abduallev, M Abhangi, P Abreu… - Nuclear …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The European nuclear fusion research community has elaborated a Roadmap to the
realisation of fusion energy in which 'ITER is the key facility and its success is the most …

The EPED pedestal model and edge localized mode-suppressed regimes: studies of quiescent H-mode and development of a model for edge localized mode …

PB Snyder, TH Osborne, KH Burrell, RJ Groebner… - Physics of …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
The EPED pedestal model and edge localized mode-suppressed regimes: Studies of quiescent
H-mode and development of a model for edge localized mode suppression via resonant …

Kinetic Instabilities that Limit in the Edge of a Tokamak Plasma: <?format ?>A Picture of an -Mode Pedestal

D Dickinson, CM Roach, S Saarelma, R Scannell… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
Plasma equilibria reconstructed from the Mega-Amp Spherical Tokamak have sufficient
resolution to capture plasma evolution during the short period between edge-localized …

Pedestal structure, stability and scalings in JET-ILW: the EUROfusion JET-ILW pedestal database

L Frassinetti, S Saarelma, G Verdoolaege… - Nuclear …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The EUROfusion JET-ILW pedestal database is described, with emphasis on three
main issues. First, the technical aspects are introduced, including a description of the data …

The effect of a metal wall on confinement in JET and ASDEX Upgrade

MNA Beurskens, J Schweinzer, C Angioni… - Plasma Physics and …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
In both JET and ASDEX Upgrade (AUG) the plasma energy confinement has been affected
by the presence of a metal wall by the requirement of increased gas fuelling to avoid …